Kotobuki

by Lupicia

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Tea type: Oolong Tea
Ingredients: Flavor, Flower Petals, Oolong Tea
Flavors: Apricot, Candied Fruit, Grassy, Plum, Vegetal, Butter, Floral, Flowers, Honey, Perfume, Stonefruit, Sweet, Citrusy, Grass, Rose, Cherry, Coconut, Dried Fruit, Vanilla, Fruity, Candy, Smooth, Cherry Blossom, Thick, Freshly Cut Grass, Green, Mineral, Silky, Spring Water, Peach
Sold in: Loose Leaf
Caffeine: Medium
Certification: Not available
: Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.

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190 °F / 87 °C 3 min, 0 sec 4 g 31 oz / 902 ml

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“Backlog + Sipdown Back from my vacation to Utah! Ate lots of food, hiked around Zion national park and went to the Brazilian Jiujitsu school there a couple times (to blow steam off from being stuck...” Read full tasting note

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awkwardsoul 1271 tasting notes
“I’ve been wanting to try this one for a while. Of course, it’s also been chilling in my cupboard for a while. Today is the day to break the cycle and finally try it out! Part of the reason I...” Read full tasting note

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CHAroma 639 tasting notes
“I got to sample this thanks to Amy oh! :) I somehow decided to try this first. I have an idea. We need a campaign against crappy tea bags. This is an example of what tea bags should be like. It...” Read full tasting note

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Tamm 541 tasting notes
“I spent the morning editing a loooooong document and just as I stopped for a break my latest order from Lupicia turned up at the door, so I decided to take that as a hint and went to make some...” Read full tasting note

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luthien 265 tasting notes

From Lupicia

Taiwanese oolong tea scented with French mirabelle plums; a small, sweet fruit most commonly grown in the Lorraine region in France. Its sweet and fruity taste can also be served as an iced tea as well as a hot tea.

“KOTOBUKI” is a Japanese word for an expression of congratulations and best wishes which is often used for wedding and/or celebrating longevity.

Ingredients: Taiwanese Dong Ding oolong tea, rose petals, blue mallow, marigold, mirabelle plum flavoring

Steeping Instructions: 2.5-3g, boiling water, 1.5-2 minute steep

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Stephanie

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Thank you so much Tealizzy for this bonus sample!

I love fruity green oolongs, and apparently Lupicia is very good at them! I am drinking this hot this morning and lightly sweetened, but I bet it would be killer over ice too. Deeeeelicious and lightly floral.

This is my first tasting note from the mechanics waiting room, too, LOL. I have about an hour till my new tires will be installed so I’m chilling with a book and some nice tea :)

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Memily

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Oops, I’ve only had this Monstrositea sample as a cold brew. Never mind, I’m getting some more for free thanks to my reviews this month!

Dang this is lovely. I’m drinking a 3hr cold brew right now and it’s so light and fruity and beautiful. I have an overnight second steep to try when I get home today, and I got a bit overexcited and went for a third cold brew as well, I’ll leave that 24hrs and see how it goes, I think.

YUM

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Dexter

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I placed my first Lupicia order about a month ago – I got 6 and split 10, then earlier tonight I placed another order and got 13 more.
It never even occurred to me to get this one. Didn’t even register on the maybe list….
TheTeaFairy ordered this as one of her’s during our last split order and generously sent me a sample.
OMG!!! I was wrong, she was right!!! This is one of the best flavored teas I’ve ever had. Fricken Fantastic!!!! I LOVE IT Amazing, love it. Plum oolong rocks!!!
(I’m not rating teas anymore but this deserves 95+)

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TheTeaFairy
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No worries, I’ll send you moooore!!! Already in your next box ;-)

Dexter
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I think I liked your teas better than mine…. Loved the green rooibos one too, sauvage jardin? something like that..

TheTeaFairy
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Jardin Sauvage, yes, isn’t that a fresh fruity blend? I didn’t reorder cause I wanted to try their other green rooibos Adagio and Honeydew.

Dexter
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I think Adagio will be too floral for me – but excited to try the Honey Dew…

Sil
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sooooo would silface like this one? :)

TeaTiff
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Plum oolong? Interesting. That is not a combination I would have thought of. This and the honey dew has me intrigued.

Dexter
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Sil – I will go through you tasting notes/cupboard and send you everything that I have that you haven’t tried – unfortunately this won’t be one of them – I got a sample from TheTeaFairy

Sil
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Lol don’t you dare dexter lol

Anna

303 tasting notes

Can’t.

Even.

So I finally got around to cold steeping this, and I have to tell you – if anything in the mortal realm could ever taste like ambrosia, this would be it.

This is golden plum honey balm. This is perfect.

Seeing as this tea should have been given an 85 in the first round, this will kick it up an unprecedented 10 points, right up to 90.

Preparation

Iced 8 min or more

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donkeyteaarrrraugh
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like meade? :) I like the sound of that!

Tealizzy
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Yay! I just bought this and can’t wait to try it now!!

Tealizzy
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Oh, forgot to ask….how long did you cold steep it for?

Anna
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Tealizzy: I hope you love it! I steeped for about 24 hours, but try half that at first and then sample it (or use a smaller amount of leaf than I did – sorry to not be more helpful, but I don’t have a scale right now) because it was maybe a little tiny bit over the top flavour wise.

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I bought this tea at Lupicia because of the lovely smell. It is fragrant but not in an overpowering way, fruity and flowery at the same time. It brews up a light, yellow color. The lingering aftertaste is nice, I can taste the plumness and oolong, and it is sweet enough not to need sugar.

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